The Fall of Man: Eve [recto]; The Virgin as the Mother of Sorrows [verso]

The Fall of Man: Eve [recto]; The Virgin as the Mother of Sorrows [verso]

Title

The Fall of Man: Eve [recto]; The Virgin as the Mother of Sorrows [verso]

[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Cat. Vienna 1973, 48-49]

Recto: Eve shown as a full-length figure beside the tree of knowledge, she holds the apple in her left hand. From a branch the serpent winds its way down towards her.

Verso: the Virgin as Mother of Sorrows shown as a full-length figure

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Production date
about 1510 - 1520

Production date

about 1510 - 1520

[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 137 x 54 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 137 x 54 cm

  • Inner side trimmed (with a plane: top 5.5 cm, bottom 6.5 cm

  • [Cat. Vienna 1973, 48-49]

Signature / Dating

Pendant with artist's insignia beside Adam's right foot: winged serpent with elevated wings

Signature / Dating

  • Pendant with artist's insignia beside Adam's right foot: winged serpent with elevated wings

  • [Cat. Vienna 1973, 48-49]

Owner
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Repository
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Location
Vienna
CDA ID
AT_KHM_GG861a
FR (1978) Nr.
FR112A
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/AT_KHM_GG861a/

Connected Works

The Fall of Man: Adam [recto], Christ as the Man of Sorrows [verso]
  • The Fall of Man: Adam [recto], Christ as the Man of Sorrows [verso], about 1510 - 1520
  • AT_KHM_GG861
  • Painting
  • Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Provenance

  • from the collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, No. 323

Exhibitions

  • Graz 1953

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Wismer 2017 89
AuthorBeat Wismer
TitleCranach und die Moderne. Anmerkungen zur Cranach-Rezeption in der Kunst seit der frühen Moderne
Publicationin Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer, eds., Lucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2017
Pages82-91
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 88 (English version 36) under no. 17
EditorObrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
TitlePod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 112A
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Cat. Vienna 1973 48-49 pl. 131
EditorKlaus Demus
TitleVerzeichnis der Gemälde
SeriesFührer durch das Kunsthistorische Museum
Volume18
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1973
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Vienna 1972 19-20 4
AuthorKarl Schütz
EditorKunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere und seine Werkstatt. Jubiläumsausstellung museumseigener Werke 1472-1972
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1972
Show Literature
Cat. Vienna 1963 107
Authorn. a.
TitleKatalog der Gemäldegalerie. 2, Vlamen, Holländer, Deutsche, Franzosen
SeriesFührer durch das Kunsthistorische Museum
Volume8/2
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1963
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Exhib. Cat. Graz 1953
EditorLandesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
TitleDürer und seine Zeit. Meisterwerke der deutschen Malerei des 16. Jahrhunderts. Sonderausstellung der Gemäldegalerie des Kunsthistorischen Museums, Wien im Steiermärkischen Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz [Steiermärkischen Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz]
Place of PublicationGraz
Year of Publication1953
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 098a
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Scheibler 1887 296
AuthorLudwig Scheibler
TitleÜber altdeutsche Gemälde in der kaiserlichen Galerie zu Wien
JournalRepertorium für Kunstwissenschaft
Issue10
Year of Publication1887
Link http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/volltexte/2014/2652
Pages271-306
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Schuchardt 1851 C 423
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1851
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2
Show Literature
  • The Fall of Man: Eve [recto]; The Virgin as the Mother of Sorrows [verso], about 1510 - 1520

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